Claim · model-written summary
Applied yeasts gave strawberry gray mold control comparable to that of a commercial M . fructicola -based biofungicide.
- Taxon
- strawberries
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Fragaria ×ananassae0 - Treatment
- applied yeastse1
- Outcome
- gray mold incidence and severitye1
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede2
- Qualifier
- comparablee2
- Comparator
- commercial M . fructicola -based biofungicidee2
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Strawberries are highly perishable fruit”
e1“The applied yeasts significantly reduced gray mold incidence and severity compared to the untreated control after 10 days of cold storage and two days of shelf-life”
e2“showing results comparable to those of a commercial M . fructicola -based biofungicide”
Title
Postharvest yeast treatments control strawberry rots and shift the fruit microbiome
Giulia Remolif; Marco Garello; Simona Prencipe; et al. Postharvest Biology and Technology 2026. doi:10.1016/j.postharvbio.2026.114414
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Applied yeasts significantly reduced strawberry gray mold incidence and severity relative to untreated controls after 10 days of cold storage and two days of shelf-life.
- Intervention effect Yeast treatments had no significant effect on strawberry firmness, total soluble solids or titratable acidity.
- Intervention effect Yeast application significantly affected the strawberry fruit microbiome, reshaping fungal and bacterial communities.
- Observation Antagonistic strains colonized the strawberry fruit surface.
- Intervention effect Antagonistic strains reduced Botrytis abundance on strawberry fruit.
- Intervention effect Antagonistic strains promoted the development of beneficial fungal and bacterial taxa on strawberry fruit, particularly Achromobacter.
- Mechanism The mechanism of action of yeast biocontrol agents extends beyond direct pathogen inhibition, toward interactions with resident microbial communities.
- Observation The most effective yeast strains were identified as Aureobasidium pullulans and Metschnikowia pulcherrima.